U.S. New Crop Soybean Export Sales Above Pace of 2016/17 As of today, U.S. exporters have reported to USDA the sale of 25.997 MMT of soybeans for export in MY 2020/21, including 15.073 MMT reportedly sold to China. A year ago, sales totaled only 6.403 MMT with only 0.260 MMT sold to China. What is interesting is that this year’s new crop sales exceed the amount sold for export on 1 September in MY 2016/17 when U.S. soybean exports reached 58.964 MMT, the highest ever. The total sold at this point in 2016/17 was 22.298 MMT for all destinations with 9.031 MMT sold to China. There is every reason to believe U.S. soybean export sales will continue strong in much of MY 2020/21. Brazil is effectively out of soybeans for expor...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.